Ranton No. 2 / Rantone / Rantun
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "All Saints, Ranton. The brick wall has the date 1753 laid out in darker brick."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Geoff Pick, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 March 2006 by Geoff Pick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/142244] [accessed 12 July 2019]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2008 by Peter Morrell [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ranton_church.JPG] [accessed 12 July 2019]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22234RAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Brook Ln, Ranton, Stafford ST18 9PQ, UK -- Tel.: (01785) 282829
Country Name: England
Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B5405, 6-7 km WNW of Stafford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Historical Region: Hundred of Pirehill
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified mid-18thC
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Ranton [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ8524/ranton/] [accessed 12 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ8550324250] notes: "A small towerless C15 fabric. Restored 1841 and the chancel encased in brick. East window and lateral windows of nave C15 Interior scraped and roofs modern. Font bowl C13."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.818, -2.22
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 49′ 4.8″ N, 2° 13′ 12″ W
UTM: 30U 552566 5852310
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone